EP3357180A1 - Commutateur optoélectronique - Google Patents

Commutateur optoélectronique

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EP3357180A1
EP3357180A1 EP16778438.8A EP16778438A EP3357180A1 EP 3357180 A1 EP3357180 A1 EP 3357180A1 EP 16778438 A EP16778438 A EP 16778438A EP 3357180 A1 EP3357180 A1 EP 3357180A1
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    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q11/00—Selecting arrangements for multiplex systems
    • H04Q11/0001—Selecting arrangements for multiplex systems using optical switching
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    • H04Q2011/0007—Construction
    • H04Q2011/0011—Construction using wavelength conversion
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q11/00—Selecting arrangements for multiplex systems
    • H04Q11/0001—Selecting arrangements for multiplex systems using optical switching
    • H04Q11/0005—Switch and router aspects
    • H04Q2011/0007—Construction
    • H04Q2011/0016—Construction using wavelength multiplexing or demultiplexing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q11/00—Selecting arrangements for multiplex systems
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    • H04Q2011/0052—Interconnection of switches
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  • the present invention relates to an optoelectronic switch, including a plurality of switch modules, which utilizes one or more MZI routers to direct signals from an input device to an output device.
  • Optoelectronic switches using a combination of active and passive components to switch in the optical domain are known.
  • the path of an optical signal in a passive component such as an AWG will depend upon its wavelength.
  • tunable lasers are typically more expensive than fixed wavelength lasers and their control can be more complex and expensive.
  • US14/715.448 describes the use of concentration of optical packets together wavelength division multiplexing.
  • Mach Zehnder optical switches are known, for example in signal routing and in adding and dropping.
  • An example is given by Kumar et al. in IEEE / ICAIT 6 July 2013.
  • Mach Zehnder interferometers are known to have been implemented on silicon on insulator platforms as shown, for example in GB 2319335.
  • an optoelectronic switch comprising: a plurality N of switch modules; and an optical backplane (C5) which includes a passive fiber shuffle; wherein each switch module is pluggably connectable to the optical backplane, each switch module comprising: a plurality M of client facing input ports (IP1 , IP2, IPM), and a corresponding plurality M of client facing output ports (OP1 , OP2, OPM); an outgoing optical connection to the optical backplane (C5) and an incoming optical connection to the optical backplane (C5); a plurality of Detector Remodulators (DRMs) (C3) each DRM of the plurality configured to receive optical signal(s) from one of the input ports of the switch module (IP1 , IP2, IPM) and to regenerate and/or change the wavelength of the received signal(s) to produce respective DRM optical output(s); a pre-backplane AWG (C4), the
  • Signals which are to be "switched" from a client input port to a client output port of the same module may be routed back to the same module electronically.
  • the fabric ports would include only N-1 fabric input ports and N-1 fabric output ports (i.e. that the total number of switches is one greater than the total number of input connections that each switch has with the optical full-mesh fabric).
  • a Detector Remodulator is a device used to convert a first optical signal to a second optical signal.
  • the first optical signal will have a first wavelength and the second optical signal may have a second wavelength different to the first wavelength so that each of the DRMs function as a wavelength converter.
  • the DRM includes a photodetection stage (e.g. a photodiode) where the first optical signal (modulated) is detected and converted into an electrical signal.
  • the photodetection stage is followed by a modulation stage (i.e. a modulator) configured to receive the electrical signal from the photodetection stage and also to receive an unmodulated light input having a fixed wavelength.
  • the unmodulated light input is modulated by the modulated electrical signal produced at the photodetection stage.
  • the modulated optical signal that is created at the modulation stage will therefore have a wavelength that corresponds to that of the unmodulated light signal.
  • the signal may advantageously be processed, for example by one or more of: amplification, reshaping, re-timing, and filtering before being applied to the second wavelength/channel.
  • Each DRM may therefore include a CMOS chip for carrying out one or more of these functions, the CMOS chip connecting the photodetector of the DRM to the modulator of the DRM.
  • DRMs Detector Remodulators
  • the DRMs of this application differ from those of GB 1403191.8 in that the unmodulated input they receive is of a fixed wavelength rather than a tunable wavelength.
  • a Detector Remodulator may comprise a silicon on insulator
  • SOI waveguide platform including: a detector coupled to a first input waveguide (for receiving the first optical signal); a modulator coupled to a second input waveguide (for receiving the fixed wavelength input) and an output waveguide; and an electrical circuit connecting the detector to the modulator; wherein the detector, modulator, second input waveguide and output waveguide may be arranged within the same horizontal plane as one another; and wherein the modulator includes a modulation waveguide region at which a semiconductor junction is set horizontally across the waveguide.
  • the modulation region may be a phase modulation region or an amplitude modulation region.
  • any suitable DRM configured to act as a wavelength converter could be used.
  • the signal from each input of the switch module may be provided to the first array of DRMs directly or indirectly.
  • a signal from an input of the switch module may reach an input of one of DRMs or the first array of DRMs via other components as explained in more detail below.
  • the innovative network architecture increases scalability and reduces hardware required.
  • the optical backplane may comprise a full mesh optical interconnect (also referred to as a fully connected network); a network topology in which there is a direct link between all possible pairs of switch modules (nodes). For example, in a full mesh interconnect having n nodes, there are n(n-1)/2 direct links. Such interconnects advantageously may provide a large number of optical links between nodes, for example, sufficient to render the system non-blocking.
  • the optoelectronic switch may have any one of or, to the extent that they are compatible, any combination of the following optional features.
  • the Mach Zehnder router may comprise: a plurality of Mach Zehnder
  • MZI Interferometer
  • Such a matrix may take the form of a "tree" in which a signal may be routed to N destinations.
  • the MZI router comprises: a first stage comprising a single Mach-Zehnder switch; a second stage comprising two Mach-Zehnder switches; a third stage comprising three Mach Zehnder switches; a fourth stage comprising two Mach Zehnder switches. Each switch comprises two input arms and two output arms. It is further envisaged that the MZI router could include power taps.
  • each DRM of the plurality of DRMs includes: a photodetection stage where the optical signal(s) from a respective one of the input ports of the optoelectronic switch are received and converted into electrical signal(s); a CMOS chip for processing the electrical signal(s) and transmitting the processed signal(s) to the modulator; a modulation stage for: receiving the processed electrical signal(s) from the CMOS chip; receiving unmodulated light input having a fixed wavelength; and for modulating the unmodulated light according to the output of the CMOS chip.
  • processing of the electrical signal by the CMOS chip includes one or more of: concentration; amplification; reshaping; re-timing; and filtering of the signal before it is received by the modulator.
  • the DRM operates in burst mode
  • the CMOS chip including circuitry which collects signals and sends these in bursts depending on their destination.
  • the optoelectronic switch further comprises a second array of Detector
  • each DRM of the second array configured to regenerate and/or convert the wavelength of a signal from a respective output port of the post- backplane AWG for communication to an output port (OP1 , OP2, OPM) of the switch module.
  • the post-backplane AWG is an NxM AWG (C6), the post-backplane
  • AWG having N inputs and M outputs, each of the N inputs connected to a respective output of the optical full-mesh interconnect backplane (C5) and each of the M outputs of the NxM AWG for communicating a signal to one or more of the M outputs (OP1 , OP2, OPM) of the switch module.
  • the optical connection from the AWG to the output ports of the switch module may be direct or may be via other components such as further DRM modules.
  • the post-backplane AWG is a 1xM AWG; and wherein the
  • optoelectronic switch further comprises a post-backplane MZI router; wherein the 1xM AWG has a single input and M outputs, the single input connected to the post-backplane MZI router and each of the M outputs of the 1xM AWG for communicating a signal to one or more of the M outputs (OP1 , OP2, OPM) of the switch module.
  • the optical connection from the AWG to the output ports of the switch module may be direct or may be via other components such as further DRM modules.
  • the optoelectronic switch further comprises a rearrangement AWG (C2) located before the first array of DRMs (C3), the rearrangement AWG having M input ports and M output ports, each of the M input ports connected to an output of a respective DRM of the second array of DRMs; and each output port of the rearrangement AWG connected to an output of the switch module.
  • C2 rearrangement AWG
  • C3 first array of DRMs
  • the presence of a rearrangement AWG after the post-backplane AWG means that communication of a signal from an input port of the switch module to a respective input port of the pre-backplane AWG includes an extra rearrangement step. In this way, overall bandwidth of the switch can be increased.
  • a switch module for pluggably connecting to an optical backplane, the switch module comprising: a plurality M of client facing input ports (IP1 , IP2, IPM), and a corresponding plurality M of client facing output ports (OP1 , OP2, OPM); an outgoing optical connection to the optical backplane (C5) and an incoming optical connection to the optical backplane (C5); an array of Detector Remodulators (DRMs) (C3) each DRM of the array configured to receive optical signal(s) from one of the input ports of the switch module (IP1 , IP2, IPM) and to regenerate and/or change the wavelength of the received signal(s) to produce respective DRM optical output(s); a pre-backplane AWG (C4), the pre-backplane AWG acting as a multiplexor to multiplex M inputs to a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) output signal; and a post-backplane AWG (C6) configured to route optical
  • the switch module may further comprise: a Mach Zehnder router which receives the WDM output signal from the pre-backplane AWG, and switches the WDM signal before it enters the passive fiber shuffle to choose the required destination switch module; the Mach Zehnder router being located on the switch module.
  • each optoelectronic switch module is constructed on one or more silicon-on-insulator photonic platforms.
  • an active backplane for use with the switch module of claim 10, the active optical backplane comprising: a plurality of optical inputs paired with respective outputs, each input/output pair for connecting to a respective switch module, each input for receiving a WDM optical signal from said respective switch module; a passive fiber shuffle; and a Mach Zehnder router located between each optical input of the active backplane and the passive fiber shuffle; wherein the Mach Zehnder router acts as a switch to select the desired fiber for any given signal through the passive fiber router.
  • the switch fabric may consist of one ZXZ switch or a combination of switches.
  • 1XN switches connecting the WDM outputs of modules to NXN switches in a switch fabric. All of the switches may be MZI switches or similar.
  • the optoelectronic switch may be configured to act as a burst switch. In this way, the DRMs are configured to send multiple packets from the same source to the same destination consecutively.
  • the optoelectronic switch may be configured to act as a packet switch.
  • a packet switch embodiment will differ from a circuit switch embodiment in that the DRMs of the switch module contain additional circuitry.
  • a packet processor may determine which output port each packet should be sent to, based on the contents of each packet.
  • a scheduler would also be present to control the overall timing of each packet through the switch by way of control of the fixed wavelength laser inputs for each DRM.
  • the packet switch functions in burst mode this may be facilitated by the CMOS chip including circuitry which collects signals and sends these in bursts depending on their destination.
  • the optoelectronic switch may be configured to act as a cell switch.
  • the DRMs are configured in a similar way to that of the packet switch but uses fixed length cells. Scheduling the transfer of packets therefore may involve the extra step of segmenting the data into fixed length cells (segments).
  • the optoelectronic switch may be configured to act as a circuit switch. Circuit switch connections may involve dedicated point-to-point connections during data transfer. This simplifies the design of the DRM as less functionality is required.
  • the optical full-mesh interconnect has a folded configuration which forms a fold in the optoelectronic switch module, wherein for each optoelectronic switch module: the pre-backplane AWG is located before the fold; and the post-backplane AWG located after the fold.
  • the "folded configuration" means that the client inputs and client outputs are located at the same client interface.
  • the folded configuration is facilitated by the design of the switch module as a single component of the switch module may be built to incorporate both pre-backplane and post-backplane components.
  • the single component will be configured to process not only pre-backplane signals (i.e. those signals transmitted to the mesh), but also post-backplane signals (i.e. those signals received from the mesh).
  • the input and output ports of each optoelectronic switch module are all arranged on a single external panel.
  • each optoelectronic switch module may all arranged on a single external panel.
  • the optoelectronic switch is constructed on one or more silicon-on- insulator photonic platforms.
  • the combination of a silicon photonics platform and the structure of the architecture enables easy scaling to higher radix. Furthermore, the silicon photonics platform is highly manufacturable at low cost.
  • Another aspect of embodiments of the invention exploits the enhanced active- switching capability afforded by Mach-Zehnder interferometers, and the consequent increase in the bandwidth of an optoelectronic switch containing them.
  • a signal arriving at one switch module i.e. an input switch module or a source switch module
  • another switch module i.e. an output or destination switch module
  • active switches which are based on Mach-Zehnder interferometers, (MZI switches).
  • MZI switches or MZIs
  • MZI routers are referred to herein as "MZI routers".
  • a fourth aspect of the present invention provides an optoelectronic switch for switching a signal from an input device to an output device, the optoelectronic switch including a plurality of switch modules, each connected to or connectable to an optical interconnecting region, wherein: each switch module is configured to output a WDM output signal to the optical interconnecting region, and
  • the optoelectronic switch further includes one or more MZI routers, each configured to direct the WDM output signal from its source switch module towards its destination switch module, the one or more MZI routers located either:
  • the optical interconnecting region of the present aspect of the invention may replace the optical backplane of previous aspects of the invention.
  • the optical interconnecting region may be in the form of an optical backplane, or may include an optical backplane.
  • the MZI routers may include electro-optic MZI switches which afford fast switching capability. Alternatively, thermal MZI switches may be employed.
  • an electro-optic MZI is to be understood as an MZI in which electrical effects, such as (but by no means limited to) the application of a current across a junction, are used to modulate a beam of light.
  • the MZI router may be in the form of an MZI cascade switch, including a plurality of MZIs, each having two arms which split at an input coupler, with two arms feeding the split paths into an output coupler where they are recombined, and two output portions.
  • the MZIs may be 1 x 2 MZIs, in which there is only one input to the input coupler, and in other embodiments, the MZIs may be 2 x 2 MZIs, in which there are two inputs to the input coupler.
  • the plurality of MZIs are preferably arranged to provide a pathway from each input to each output of the MZI cascade switch.
  • the arms may have the same length. Alternatively, where it is desirable to have a default output, the arms may be unbalanced.
  • Each MZI may include an electro-optical region at one or both arms, in which the refractive index depends on a voltage applied to the region via one or more electrodes. The phase difference of light travelling through the electro- optical region can therefore be controlled by application of a bias via the electrodes. By adjusting the relative phase difference between the two arms, and therefore the resulting interference at the output couple, the light can be switched from one output of the MZI to the other.
  • the MZI cascade switch may have R, inputs and R, outputs, and these may be made up, for example, of a plurality of 1 x 2, 2 x 2 and/or 2 x 1 MZIs (or any combination of these) arranged to provide a pathway from each input to each output.
  • a MZI cascade switch, or any other active switch such as this is beneficial over a full mesh for connecting Ri interconnecting switch modules when Ri is 5 or more, since a full mesh requires 1 ⁇ 2.
  • An additional port may be supported on each cascade switch by building R, + 1 trees on each side and omitting an internal connection so that an input is not connected to the output which is connected to the same switch as itself.
  • An MZI cascade switch such as this is largely wavelength-agnostic, and so is able to switch the whole multiplexed fabric output signal from input to output without requiring any demultiplexing/multiplexing at the inputs and outputs.
  • MZI routers may have the same structure as the MZI routers of the first aspect of the invention (e.g. a matrix or a tree structure), described in detail earlier in this application, and in the above paragraph.
  • the MZI routers may not direct the signal directly from the source switch module to the destination switch module. Rather, the optoelectronic switch may include an intermediate switching device having a plurality of inputs and outputs.
  • the MZI router may be connected between the source switch module and the intermediate switching device, and so be configured to receive the WDM output signal from the source switch module. In such embodiments, outputs of the MZI router may be connected to inputs of the intermediate switching device.
  • the MZI router may be configured to direct the optical signal received at one of its inputs to an output which corresponds to (i.e. points toward) the required destination switch module for that signal, i.e. to select an input of the intermediate switching device.
  • the MZI router may be connected to a controller which is configured to control the direction of the signal, based for example on destination information contained in the signal. For example, in embodiments wherein the optoelectronic switch is a packet switch, and therefore in which the signal is in the form of a packet of data, the destination information may be stored in a packet header.
  • the intermediate switching device may be a passive switching device, such as a fibre shuffle, as described earlier in this application.
  • the intermediate switching device may be an active device such as an electronic packet switch or cell switch, or an electronic or optical circuit switch.
  • the intermediate switching device may output the WDM signal to an input of the post-interconnect AWG.
  • the MZI router as described above may be a pre- interconnect MZI router, and the optical interconnecting region may also include a post- interconnect MZI router which is configured to direct signals which are output from the intermediate switching device towards their destination switch module.
  • the post-interconnect MZI routers may be configured to output WDM signals to the inputs of post-interconnect AWGs as described above.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic layout of waveguides which form a Mach Zehnder
  • MZI Interferometer
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an optoelectronic switch comprising an array of up to N switch modules and a common optical full-mesh fabric (optical full-mesh interconnect);
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of one of the optoelectronic switch modules of FIG.
  • the optoelectronic switch module having a folded configuration and including a Mach Zehnder Interferometer router;
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of one of the optoelectronic switch modules of FIG. 2, the optoelectronic switch module having a folded configuration where the input to the optical full-mesh fabric and output from the optical full-mesh fabric both include a Mach Zehnder switch;
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the switch modules of FIG. 3 and FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an active backplane for use with any one of the optical switch modules described herein;
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the active optical backplane in combination with a plurality of optoelectronic switch modules (optical packet processing modules);
  • FIG. 8 shows a schematic diagram of an optoelectronic switch module in conjunction with an optical backplane, where the optical backplane includes a Mach Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) router
  • FIG. 9 shows a schematic diagram of a further optoelectronic switch module in conjunction with an optical backplane, again where the optical backplane includes a Mach Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) router
  • MZI Mach Zehnder Interferometer
  • FIG. 10 shows an example of an optoelectronic switch module in the form of an optical packet processing module
  • FIG. 11 shows an example of a switch topology
  • FIG. 12 shows a schematic diagram of an example of a Mach Zehnder
  • MZI Interferometer
  • FIG. 13 shows an enlarged view of a coupler and transition region of the MZI router of FIG. 12;
  • FIG. 14 shows a cross sectional view of the waveguides of the MZI router before and after the transition region
  • FIG. 15 shows a schematic diagram of an alternative example of a Mach Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) router which includes power taps;
  • FIG. 16 shows an enlarged view of a coupler and transition region of the MZI router of FIG. 15;
  • FIG. 17 shows a cross sectional view of the waveguides of the MZI router at the power tap.
  • FIG 18 shows a possible arrangement of MZIs which may be employed in embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG 19 shows another possible arrangement of MZIs which may be employed in embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG 20 shows another possible arrangement of MZIs which may be employed in embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG 21 shows another possible arrangement of MZIs which may be employed in embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG 22 shows another possible arrangement of MZIs which may be employed in embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG 23 shows another possible arrangement of MZIs which may be employed in embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows how individual waveguide Mach-Zehnder interferometers may be linked together, ultimately to form a Mach Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) router for use with the present invention. More detailed examples are shown in FIGs. 12 to 17.
  • the switch shown in FIG 1 comprises 8 Mach Zehnder interferometers arranged in a cascade, each MZI having two input arms which split at an input coupler, two arms feeding the split paths into an output coupler where they are recombined, and two output ports.
  • the two arms have the same length, as far as is possible.
  • the two arms of the MZIs may have unbalanced arms.
  • the MZI router shown in FIG 1 switching to any of the 8 outputs could be desired and there is no preference for one path through an MZI over another, so equal length arms are used. It can be difficult to fabricate exactly equal lengths, but this can be
  • the input coupler would typically take the form of a 50:50 coupler, although it is envisaged that other ratios may be desirable.
  • Each Mach-Zehnder interferometer includes an electro-optical region at one or both arms in which the refractive index depends upon a voltage applied to the region via one or more electrodes.
  • the phase difference of light travelling through the electro- optical region can therefore be controlled by application of a bias via the electrodes.
  • the phase difference, and therefore the resulting interference at the output coupler of the two arms the light can be "switched" from one output of a MZI to another.
  • Each MZI may have 3 electrodes (as with those disclosed in Kumar, "1x8 Signal Router Using Cascading the Mach-Zehnder Interferometers, IEEE / ICAIT 6 July 2013.
  • each MZI could have 4 electrodes (2 on each arm). Indeed, each MZI may have more than one pair of electrodes per arm.
  • FIG. 2 shows an optoelectronics switch including a plurality of optical modules typical of the sort in which the MZ cascade would find application.
  • the optoelectronic switch 1 shown is organized as an array of up to N switch modules 10-1 , 10-2, 10-N which are plugged into a common optical backplane C5.
  • the optical backplane takes the form of an optical full-mesh fabric (optical full-mesh interconnect) although as described below, it is possible for the optical backplane to comprise active switching elements.
  • Each switch module has a client interface 1 1 comprising M client facing ports, each of which may be a bidirectional client-facing port with two or more fibers (e.g. with an input fiber and an output fiber) per port.
  • client interface 1 1 comprising M client facing ports, each of which may be a bidirectional client-facing port with two or more fibers (e.g. with an input fiber and an output fiber) per port.
  • 100G i.e. 100 Gb/s
  • each switch module has an optically ingoing optical connection and an outgoing optical connection at the opposite side of the switch module to the client facing port.
  • Such ingoing and outgoing connections may be pluggable connections.
  • the optical full-mesh fabric contains N times N fibers and connects each module to each other module with two fibers, one fiber for each direction of communication.
  • Switch modules can either be integrated with the optical full-mesh fabric or separated with connectors to allow for incremental deployment and ease of maintenance.
  • the switch is capable of operating with fewer than N switch modules in place so can be scaled according to requirements.
  • bursts of wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) concentrated packet signals are created and transmitted via the optical backplane C5 to destinations according to the layout (topology) of that fabric.
  • WDM wavelength division multiplexed
  • the switch modules 10-1 , 10-2, 10-N and/or part of the optical backplane C5 include a MZI router switch. Where the optical backplane itself includes the MZI router, the MZI router may make up the entire fabric of the backplane. Alternatively, the optical backplane may be formed of the MZI router in combination with a passive optical mesh of fibers and/or additional optical switches (e.g. MEMS switches).
  • MZI router switch may make up the entire fabric of the backplane.
  • the optical backplane may be formed of the MZI router in combination with a passive optical mesh of fibers and/or additional optical switches (e.g. MEMS switches).
  • FIG 3 shows the constructions of an optoelectronic switch module 10 which could correspond to any one of the switch modules 10-1 , 10-2, 10-N of FIG. 2.
  • the switch module 10 has a folded configuration, with a pre-backplane section
  • the post-backplane section takes signals received from the backplane and processes them for transmission from the outgoing M client ports.
  • the M client-facing input ports are connected to the inputs of C3, an array comprising a plurality M of DRMs, using M optical fibers.
  • the DRMs regenerate the signals and convert the wavelengths such that each output of each DRM in the array is carried on one of N wavelengths.
  • the lasers providing non-modulated light of the N wavelengths to the respective DRMs C3 have fixed wavelengths. During set up and over their lifetime the fixed wavelength lasers may need to have their wavelengths adjusted (shimmed) but the person skilled in the art will understand that the wavelengths are essentially fixed during ordinary use.
  • the wavelengths of the lasers providing laser light to DRMs C4 will be arranged progressively or incrementally, typically in a "grid" across the wavelength band of the NX1 AWG C4.
  • the Nx1 AWG C4 multiplexes all of the wavelengths of the modulated light signals from the DRMs C3 into a single output waveguide W which forms a single connection with the one of the M fibers of the optical full-mesh switch fabric C5.
  • optical signals received by the switch module 10 from the backplane pass through an NxM AWG.
  • the M outputs of the AWG are optically connected to an array of post-backplane DRMs which act to regenerate and/or change the wavelength of the optical signal before it is transmitted from a respective one of the M client output ports.
  • FIG 4 differs from that of FIG 3 in that a further MZI is located at the post-backplane fiber connection between the switch module and the backplane.
  • the post-backplane AWG therefore takes the form of a 1xN AWG.
  • FIG 5 A schematic diagram of the operation of both the embodiments of FIG 3 and FIG 4 is shown in FIG 5 where it can be seen that a single CMOS chip acts to process both incoming and outgoing optical signals between the client optics and the fabric optics.
  • the CMOS chip includes packet processing and buffering circuitry and includes an electrical control port as well as a management port.
  • the switch modules of FIG 3 and FIG 4 could be used with a passive optical backplane or an active optical backplane.
  • an active optical backplane By using an active optical backplane, the bandwidth of the entire system is increased.
  • An example of such an active optical backplane is shown in FIGs 6 and 7.
  • Wavelength demultiplexed optical input signals enter the backplane via inputs of an NxN silicon photonics switch before reaching a passive fiber shuffle which provides an optical connection to all of the switch modules which are plugged into the active optical backplane.
  • FIG 7 shows an active optical backplane with a plurality of pluggable switch modules.
  • Each switch module takes the form of an optical packet processing switch module having 2x1 OOG optical client ports. Although not shown, it is envisaged that this takes the form of 4x25G inputs and 4x25G outputs.
  • FIG 8 depicts a switch module similar to that of FIG 3 but in which the MZI router is located inside of the optical backplane C5 rather than on the switch module.
  • FIG 9 depicts a switch module similar to that of FIG 4 but in which the MZI router is located inside of the optical backplane C5 rather than on the switch module.
  • FIG 10 shows an example of a switch module in the form of an optical packet processing module such as that shown in any of FIGs 3, 4, 8 and 9.
  • the module consists of a silicon photonics die upon which the optical and electrical components are mounted.
  • a single CMOS die contains both the pre-backplane DRMs and the post- backplane DRMs.
  • AWGs are shown located at entrances to photodetectors and exits from modulators of the DRMs. However, it should be understood (e.g. as shown in all of FIGs 3, 4, 8 and 9) that the AWG between the client ports and the photodetector of the pre-mesh DRM could be dispensed with.
  • External laser modules (shown as inset) provide the N fixed wavelengths which provide fixed wavelength unmodulated light to the modulators of the DRMs.
  • FIG 1 1 shows an active switching mechanism which could be found in the active optical backplane.
  • a combination of Kx1 switch stages sandwich an array of PxP switches, which may be MZI switches.
  • a switch mechanism such as this would be particularly beneficial where the active optical backplane provides an optical link across a plurality of dimensions. Examples of set-ups which may be used to construct a PxP MZI switch are shown in FIGs 18 to 23.
  • FIGs 12-17 provide further details in relation to the MZI router.
  • FIGs 12-14 show an exemplary 1x8 arrangement of MZIs as shown (more simply) in FIG 1.
  • a tree formation of MZIs is achieved by waveguides 24 which connect to MMI couplers 22 in order to split and recombine optical signals.
  • phase modulation regions 23 are located on both of the two arms of the MZI to control relative phase change between the two arms and therefore switching between each output of the MZI.
  • each MMI 22 includes transition regions between the MMI couplers and the phase modulation regions.
  • the transition region may be a taper in both the vertical and horizontal direction and enables the waveguides at the MMI coupler to be smaller in size. Examples of suitable dimensions are shown in FIG 14.
  • LPS is the length of the phase-shifter (i.e. the length of the red boxes), and may be in the range of 50 ⁇ to 5mm, though in embodiments such as those shown in FIGs 12 to 14, they are most likely in the range from 250 ⁇ to 1 mm.
  • ⁇ _ ⁇ represents the length of the mode transition regions (the horizontal tapers) which convert between the strip waveguides/waveguides exiting the MMI and the PS waveguides.
  • FIG 12 the arrangement may be used as a 1 x 8 MZI switch by using only the left-hand input on the (vertically) central MZI on the left-hand edge of the drawing.
  • FIGs 16-17 shown an embodiment which differs from that of FIGs 12-14 in that further waveguides are provides in the form of power taps 25. These are provided at the larger-waveguide side of the tapers.
  • MZI routers could be arranged using MMIs and phase modulation regions of a single waveguide size, in which case the embodiments of FIGs 12-17 would be adapted to remove the transition regions.
  • FIGS. 18 to 22 show some possible arrangements of the MZIs in the
  • the input side may be made up of four 1 x 4 "trees" (one of which is highlighted in the dashed box), each of which includes two stages of 1 x 2 MZIs.
  • the output side has a mirror image arrangement.
  • each of the 4! 24 combinations of input-output which are possible between four inputs and four outputs are accommodated by this MZI cascade switch.
  • a switch driver may be configured to control which of the 24 combinations is to be taken, by controlling the voltage applied across the electro-optic region of each 1 x 2 MZI .
  • FIG 19 shows an alternative arrangement used to connect 4 inputs and 4 outputs, using only 2 x 2 MZIs, arranged in a Benes network. It is important to note that in embodiments of the present invention, the same devices may be used for "2x2", “1x2” and “2x1” MZIs, but one input or output may just be left unconnected on the "1 " side. Here, total crosstalk at the output of the switch is the same for each output port, for each permutation of the switches.
  • FIG 20 shows yet another possible arrangement which may be used to connect 4 inputs and 4 outputs.
  • This is a "hybrid" arrangement which includes both 1x2 and 2x2 MZIs.
  • FIG 21 shows a similar arrangement to that shown in FIG 19, based on a Benes network. This arrangement is non-blocking. However, in this particular example, rather than using an arrangement of six 2 x 2 MZIs, each 2 x 2 MZI is replaced by an
  • FIG 22 shows another similar arrangement, in which the 2 x 2 MZIs of FIG 19 are replaced by two 1 x 2 MZIs. This arrangement requires only half the number of components as that of FIG 21 , but is not a non-blocking arrangement.
  • FIG 23 shows a similar arrangement to that in FIG 18, with the addition of an additional input and an additional output.
  • an additional port is supported by building

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L'invention concerne un commutateur optoélectronique, pour commuter un signal provenant d'un dispositif d'entrée vers un dispositif de sortie, qui comprend une pluralité de modules de commutateur, chacun raccordé ou pouvant être raccordé à une région d'interconnexion optique, chaque module de commutateur étant configuré de façon à délivrer en sortie un signal de sortie WDM à la région d'interconnexion optique, et le commutateur optoélectronique comprenant en outre un ou plusieurs routeurs MZI, chacun configuré de manière à diriger le signal de sortie WDM de son module de commutateur source vers son module de commutation de destination, lesdits un ou plusieurs routeurs MZI étant situés soit sur chacun des modules de commutation, soit dans la région d'interconnexion.
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